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Tuesday 3 October 2017

Solvay Chemistry Prize 2017 awarded for research in molecular architecture




Solvay SA has awarded the 2017 Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize to professor Susumu Kitagawa, deputy director-general, distinguished professor of Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS) and director of the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences at Kyoto University (iCeMS).
The prize was awarded for his work in developing metal-organic frameworks, a new class of materials with a range of potential future applications, including the capturing of polluting gases.
Awarded every two years, the Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize recognizes a scientist for major discoveries that lay the foundation for the chemistry of the future, while serving human progress. The winner is selected by an independent jury of six renowned scientists, including Nobel Prize laureates.
Susumu Kitagawa is a pioneer and leading scientist in the field of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a new class of nanoporous materials. MOFs look like small cages made from networks of metallic knots linked by organic molecules. The “holes” in the network are much, much smaller than the diameter of a single human hair and could capture gases like CO2, methane or hydrogen for usage in chemistry or energy.

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